How to Set smart goals (With 5 Examples)

How to Set SMART Goals (With 5 Examples)
When setting personal goals, specificity is king. For example, just challenging yourself to “do more work” is way too vague, as you’ve got no way of tracking your progress, and no endpoint. Simply put, if your goals aren’t quantifiable, achieving success can be challenging.
SMART goals are the answer, as you can break them down into five quantifiable factors. We’ll explore this in more detail shortly, but before that, we’ll talk a bit more about the importance of setting goals. Then we’ll discuss how the structure itself works and go over some examples of SMART goals.
Let’s get to it!
Table Of Contents

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  1 The Importance of Setting Goals
  
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  2 Introducing SMART Goals and the Structure You’ll Need
  
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  3 5 Example SMART Goals You Can Put Into Action
  
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    3.1 1. Writing an E-Book
    
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    3.2 2. Reaching a Blog Earnings Milestone
    
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    3.3 3. Increasing Your Email Subscribers
    
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    3.4 4. Improving Your Organic Traffic Figures
    
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    3.5 5. Publish a Greater Volume of Blog Posts
    
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  4 Conclusion
  

The Importance of Setting Goals
Setting goals for yourself is important, no matter where you are in life. Without clear goals to drive you forward, you won’t know if you’re making progress in the activities you consider most important.
The goals you set for yourself don’t have to be overly complicated either. After all, there’s a lot of middle ground between ‘taking over the world’ and ‘losing five pounds’. However, in our experience, those who set clear goals for themselves tend to enjoy greater success more consistently.
By “clear goals”, we mean examples such as “losing five pounds”. This kind of goal is achievable and quantifiable. In other words, you can track your success and make changes to your approach if your progress stalls.
While progress in your personal or work life is possible without setting goals, we’d wager there’s a better chance of success in making the effort. Given this, let’s introduce a goal-setting system we’re big fans of, and explain why it works.